NEWS

"POTTER TRIAL: ON LAST DAY, DEFENSE OUTSHINES ROWLING"The Harry Potter Lexicon trial, in which the law school's Fair Use Project (FUP) defended a book publisher against a copyright lawsuit brought by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros., was covered by the "New York Times," "Associated Press," "CNN," and many others. The "Wall Street Journal" "blogged" the trial, including FUP Executive Director Anthony Falzone's closing arguments, on its law blog. [Subscription may be required.]

UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTS

The Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology, its Center for E-Commerce and the Association of Corporate Counsel, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter presents The Fifth Annual Stanford E-Commerce Best Practices Conference: How to Deal with the Uncertainties of Online Business.

Directors' College is an intensive two-day program for directors and senior executives of publicly traded corporations. The program offers a blend of the latest information on critical issues facing every board today—Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, compensation, audit committee practices, litigation, D & O insurance coverage, and ethical concerns—combined with seasoned perspectives on best boardroom practices. The program is designed to generate practical "takeaway" pointers that can be responsibly applied to a broad range of boardroom concerns. Now in its twelfth year, Directors' College brings together leading CEOs, directors, jurists, scholars, and regulators for a rigorous examination of corporate governance concerns at a venue that has become the premiere program for director education.

Mark your calendars for Friday-Sunday, October 10 to 12, 2008 for a weekend of informative panels, classes without quizzes, and fun special events. This year we will be honoring the Classes of 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003 with reunion specific events.

One classbook will be produced for each reunion class and will include a directory listing contact information for each member of your class. Please submit your classbook page today!

UPCOMING REGIONAL EVENTS

Join the Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Corporation as they honor the VLSC volunteers who provided pro bono legal
services last year. The evening will feature a provocative discussion between Dean Christopher Edley of Boalt Hall School of Law and Dean Larry Kramer of Stanford Law School. Leslie Guevarra, Bay Area media and communications professional, will be the event's mistress of ceremonies.

Dean Larry Kramer will be hosting a reception and book signing event with Jonathan Zittrain, author of "The Future of the Internet—and How to Stop It."

This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity-and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation-and facilitating unsettling new kinds of control. "This book is fundamental. It will define the debate about the future of the Internet, long after we haven't stopped it. Absolutely required reading."–Lawrence Lessig, Professor, Stanford Law School, and author of Free Culture and The Future of Ideas.

Leadership Challenges: Current Ethical Controversies in Business and Law

Join Professor Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, as she discusses moral leadership and some of the ethical challenges that currently face businesses and the legal profession.

Discussion and Book Signing with Laura Donohue, author of The Cost of
Counterterrorism. Please register for this event by contacting the Office of Alumni Relations at 650 723.2730 or e-mail alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu.

Moderated Discussion and Book Signing with Laura Donohue, author of The
Cost of Counterterrorism. Advanced registration is recommended for guaranteed seating. However, pre-registration is not required and walk-ins on the day of this program are welcome. To register, please visit www.itsyourworld.org.